1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race
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Aug 05 2017
The 16 Mercedes Race Cars of the Vanderbilt Cup Races of Long Island
Mercedes was one of the most successful marques in the early history of automobile racing. Despite participating in all six Long Island Vanderbilt Cup Races and entering more automobiles than any other marque (16), a Mercedes never finished in the top three places.
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Jun 08 2017
Comment of the Week: Who was Victor Demogeot?
Kin: There is a 1911 set of auto drivers cards. One of the cards is someone named “Demoget” and the card back states that he won fourth place in the 1904 event. Does anyone happen to know anything of this man?
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Mar 20 2017
Mystery Foto #11 Solved: Hundreds of Automobiles Seen in This 1952 Lake Success Aerial
This weekend's Mystery Foto was another amazing aerial from Fairchild Aerial Surveys.
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Mar 15 2017
VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: A Vanderbilt Cup Race Scrapbook Discovered in Garden City
The Garden City Archives have discovered a small scrapbook of photos from the 1905 and 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Races. The scrapbook was a gift from Dorothy Peters Hubbell, whose family had direct links to the Long Island Motor Parkway and the founding of Garden City.
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Jan 21 2017
Driver/Mechanician of the Week: Al Poole (1904, 1905 and 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Races)
The driver/mechanician of the week is Al Poole- the mechanican for Joe Tracy in the 1904, 1905 , and 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Races and the 1905 and 1906 American Elimination Trials.
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Dec 02 2016
Driver of the Week: Arthur Duray (1905 and 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Races)
Since the next Long Island car show is now over four months away, it is time to introduce a new VanderbiltCupRaces.com series: Driver of the Week. First up is Arthur Duray, a French driver who participated in the 1905 and 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Races.
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Sep 20 2016
Helck Family Collection: The Only Known Existing 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race Flags?
One of the potential treasures of the Helck Family Collection are these two "Vanderbilt Cup Race flags." This fascinating discovery is detailed below.
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Sep 03 2016
Westbury Times: Grandstand Site Raced Into History
The location of the grandstand area for the 1904 and 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Races was recently designated by the Village of Westbury as one of six historic landmark sites. Reporter Leigh Anderson takes a "closer look" in this week's issue of Westbury Times.
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Aug 27 2016
Vanderbilt Cup Racers on Glen Cove Road & Old Westbury Road & Special Exhibit “Images of East Hills”
My initial interest in the Vanderbilt Cup Races was the discovery that Glen Cove Road near my home in East Hills was part of the courses for both the 1905 and 1906 races. Below are some photos of the Vanderbilt Cup Race drivers on Glen Cove Road and Old Westbury Road (now the Long Island Expressway Service Road).
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Mar 02 2016
Owner Profile: Robert Graves Jr. Who Entered His Mercedes in Three Vanderbilt Cup Races
Joe Schramm has forwarded this email looking for information on Robert Graves, the owner of Mercedes racers which participated in three Vanderbilt Cup Races.
